Dacus pleuralis Collart, 1935

Meyer, Marc De, White, Ian M. & F. M. Goodger, Kim, 2013, Notes on the frugivorous fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) fauna of western Africa, with description of a new Dacus species, European Journal of Taxonomy 50, pp. 1-17 : 12

Dacus pleuralis Collart, 1935

Among the material examined was a male specimen collected at Ibadan, Nigeria (4-8 Dec. 2003, cue lure traps, leg. G. Goergen), in addition to the male specimen studied earlier ( White & Goodger 2009). It shows some morphological deviation from the earlier collected specimen and from the type material as redescribed in White (2006): the xanthines (katatergite and anatergite) are fused, while in the typical D. pleuralis the xanthines are clearly separated. The anterior supra-alar seta is absent or vestigial while well developed in the typical D. pleuralis . These differences, however, appear to be intraspecific variation and do not warrant separate description.